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List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. As of 2016 [update] , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide. [ 1 ]
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation , the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII , the French Revolution , and the ...
Abraham the Monk, Christian monk who converted to Judaism about 614; Cosmas the Monk, 7th-century Sicilian monk; Epiphanius the Monk, 8th or 9th-century monk, priest, and author in Constantinople; Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate born near Boulogne; Isaija the Monk, 14th-century Serbian monk, writer, translator and diplomat
Martyrs of Nagasaki (1628 engraving). This page is a list of saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God from Asia, as recognized by the Catholic Church.These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Asia.
Lists of monasteries cover monasteries, buildings or complexes of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). The lists are organized by country or territory, by denomination, by order and by form.
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This is a list of Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God who were born in, lived in, died in, or visited Europe. Lists of saints by country or region [ edit ]